Tripod Lamp

I loved the look of the tripod lamp when I first saw it in Bored and Crafty.

When I chanced upon a bunch of spare E27s that Hubs got a while back, decisive action had to be taken. 

We have exactly four - 3 large and 1 mini tripods at home (told you we have multiples of everything). Since my aluminium tripod holds a chock load of memories (It was Daddy's first ever tripod, and it followed us wherever we went), it was chosen to be our living room's first floor lamp. 

I could stare at its weathered finishing all day long. :) 

Still sturdy after all those years of service. :)

The lovely extension rod locks.

After making a trip to the neighbourhood hardware store for suitable electrical parts, yours truly happily assembled the whole set up (properly, if I may add).

Instead of seeing light flood our living room, I heard a muted "pop".  

Upon inspection, I found that I had blown out the fuse of our 4-gang extension cord i.e. voltage overload. In my excitement, I had forgotten to check one minor (but crucial) detail - that wattage/voltage!

Good thing no other electrical equipment blew out and most importantly, it didn't start any fire.

Praise God that I live to see another day! :p

The look of the 1st attempt.

Not wanting to take any more chances, I skipped to IKEA to get a lamp system, rigged it (safely) to the tripod and voila! A working and safe floor lamp. :)

The completed lamp, without any blowouts.

Mags: A diffuser shade would be better, yes? :)